[Griever20]

It's the All-Star Break and we are not playing good baseball in July. The Angels are four in front, the Mariners are two behind. And I don't really know where to go and what piece of the puzzle to replace. Or maybe, I do...

Michael Fulmer is not really working out. 4-7 5.73 with a 4.70FIP. And I hate it. I gave him a year's chance to perform in the regular season. Yes, his playoff performance was great and I hate to drop him for that, but I don't want to fall back to the Wild Card. I just don't.

Milwaukee. Zach Davies signed a 4y/$69.6M extension last winter. A groundball pitcher, 89-91mph, but he is only having his breakout season... 8-3 2.74 79K in 18 starts. Do I trade Fulmer + prospects for him, a pitcher that is definitely better, but will cost me more over the years...

Cleveland. Corey Kluber is in the final year of his contract, making $14M and just a came off the DL after the All-Star break... and the Indians are dead last... We would get him for free, basically a minor prospect. And then unload Fulmer, making room for one of our young guys for 2022. Mize, Crouse, Lodolo.

I'm torn on this. How often can you acquire a 2x Cy Young winner cheap for the stretch run? And how often can I get rid of Fulmer? Or Zach Davies, the better version of Fulmer. And then, we block the kids... the kids that are injured right now...

Or do we blow our system out of the water and trade for a superstar... oh wait, our system is mostly injured.

Those questions may be why I sit in this bloody chair...